On 7/29/2013 11:27 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> On 29/07/13 17:53, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>> On 07/29/2013 08:35 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>> Migrating to Mailman, I'd like to do something like this:
>>>>>> lists.example.org-list1:
>>> "|/var/lib/mailmen/lists.example.org/mail/mailman post list1"
>>>>>> where I have a dedicated Mailman install under
>>> /var/lib/mailmen/lists.example.org just for that domain.
>>>>>>>>> Should this all work OK with Mailman?
>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>> Will Mailman even notice that the envelope address was changed into
>>> something else or does it only look at what is inside the message?
>>>> I don't see that any envelope address changes, but in any case, Mailman
>> doesn't look at envelope recipient. Either the message gets to Mailman
>> or it doesn't. If it got there, Mailman must have been a recipient.
>>>> Mailman does look for the list address in To: or Cc: if the list's
>> require_explicit_destination is yes.
>>>>>>> Is there any way to automatically create aliases like this, or any hook
>>> where Mailman can call a script that I use for creating the aliases?
>>>> See MTA = 'Postfix' and related settings. You may or may not need to
>> hack Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py.
> I've just had a look at the postfix-to-mailman.py script included with
> the Debian package so I'm going to try that. It appears that will get
> me halfway to what I want, as it eliminates the need to maintain these
> aliases and virtual aliases. There is some confusion about how MTA
> should be set:
>>http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=718284>> and I suspect that further effort (the type of things discussed in my other email) is required to have a site list in each virtual domain.
When I looked at the Ubuntu/Debian package, I saw that there were lots
of patches, many of which were undocumented. And one patch deletes a
library that might be needed. Because of this, I decided to build my
own package for Ubuntu based on the SourceForge source. The only
Debian patch I included was one that placed libraries in directories
appropriate for Debian/Ubuntu.
Also, as discussed previously on this list, the
postfix-to-mailman.py
script is NOT part of the SourceForge Mailman, and its use is
discouraged. There is a Mailman FAQ that describes this
script and the recommendation not to use it.
I have details on building the package, if anyone wants them.
--Barry Finkel